A lot of spring cleaning and decluttering is going on around here lately. One of the toughest things for me to get rid of has always been books. When I read Marie Kondo’s books, I became convinced that I needed to ruthlessly cull my bookshelves. Why? Because they were frankly getting on my nerves! I […]
Recent Reads
Linking up with Modern Mrs. Darcy for Quick Lit. Provence, 1970: M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the Reinvention of American Taste by Luke Barr. I wanted to love this book. I really, really wanted to. It’s about some of my favorite things: France, food, cooking. The bits about Julia and M.F.K. almost saved it, […]
In which I am mean and force my kids to be bored
This post on Modern Mrs. Darcy (In praise of being bored) reminded me of a topic I’m passionate about: boredom and “kids these days“. Our children need never be bored because of handheld devices that can easily take up every moment of their spare time. (The same is true, of course, of adults. Long ago […]
Random
Printemps I love this time of year. At this moment I’m sitting on my deck sipping coffee while the kids play around me. And my coffee isn’t getting instantly cold! We had supper out here last night, the first time this year. It’s the little things. One of my favorite things about spring is this: […]
A day in the homeschool life: 7 kids and crud
[This is a Day in the Homeschool Life post I am linking up to Simple Homeschool’s meme. Previous posts like it: 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011] 8:19 – I’m at the computer, sipping coffee and checking my Bullet Journal. Baby has been changed and nursed and is content with Julien, 14. Breakfast is ready. Scrambled eggs, […]
How to help your StitchFix stylist nail it
In a recent post where I talked about kicking low-maintenance to the curb, I mentioned that I restarted my Stitch Fix subscription. Stitch Fix is a wonderful service for people who, like me, hate shopping, find it very stressful and depleting, and hence find themselves with literally “nothing to wear”. I’ve received several Stitch Fix […]
Call me Florence
This week has been … fun. Some type of virus (possibly, after a Google search of symptoms, adenovirus because of the fever, cough, stomach pain/vomiting, red eyes, extreme malaise) has made its way through our house. Both of the couches in my living room have been strewn with sleeping bodies all week. I’ve never seen an […]
Two words: Bullet Journal
I love, love, love my Bullet Journal. As a lifelong paper/journal/calendar/planner addict, I couldn’t find the perfect organization system that met my needs. Until now. Everything I had tried before was either too complicated to learn (GTD anyone?), hard to set up, expensive, time-consuming or so open-ended that there wasn’t enough structure. I have also […]
Recent reads, Black History Month version
Linking up with Modern Mrs. Darcy’s Quick Lit A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table by Molly Wizenburg – Food. Family. Tragedy. Paris. Love. Is there anything else? I wanted to curl up in this book and never come out. My local library had a table set up near the door with well-known […]
What’s saving my life right now
Joining Modern Mrs. Darcy for this meme. I actually had to think long and hard about this post. Typically, February is a low month for me. I’m usually suffering the effects of light deprivation and feeling sluggish and a bit blue. This year, however, things have been very different, which I’m chalking up to a […]